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Space Arts

Revolutions: a Canadian space art exhbition + Space art on Canadian bodies

The Canadian Space Society is sponsoring at space art exhibition: Revolutions: The Inexorable Evolution of Art

Revolutions: The Inexorable Evolution of Art is a space art exhibition examining how space exploration and related technologies are being used to transform art and culture, and inspire a new generation of innovators. Representing the works of over 50 internationally acclaimed space artists, Revolutions will feature a variety of space artworks including art derived from space technologies, art designed for microgravity environments, orbital art, and art inspired by space developments.

Slated to tour nationally, the CSS is debuting Revolutions on September 12th with a star studded benefit event at Endeavor Arts Gallery in Calgary. Proceeds from this event will go to the Alberta Arts Flood Rebuild initiative in support of artists and arts communities who were affected by the 2013 floods.

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And a Canadian artist will depict scenes of the earth taken from the ISS in an unusual type of canvas:  Artist to Recreate Astronaut’s Space Photos as Body Art – Space.com

Solar Sci-Fi, Space Arts, Space films and videos

Science fiction short films at Anthology Film Archives in NYC, Aug. 28th

An announcement from the The Philip K. Dick Film Festival:

Science Fiction Comes To Anthology Film Archives As The
Special Program For Newfilmmakers Series

The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival’s Director Curated The Highly Anticipated One-Night Only Event

Brooklyn, N.Y. August 13, 2013 – A night science fiction will be presented at Anthology Film Archives as part of the center’s NewFilmmakers series. Daniel Abella, the famed director of The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival led the curation for the momentous special program to be held on Wednesday, August 28. The one-night only lineup features four thrilling film shorts from the minds of talented filmmakers who showcase the infinite world of science fiction.

Special Program Schedule of Events
Wednesday, August 28 at 6:00 PM

SILENT THREAT: PRELUDE
By Aldo Romero
(2013, 15 Minutes)
A former reporter who came across a Roswell-type wreckage of a space craft in 1986 joins the social media site “Silent Threat” dedicated to UFO abductees to spread his message of extraterrestrial existence after years of censorship.

THE EXIT ROOM
By Todd Wiseman Jr.
(2013, 10 Minutes)
In 2021, imprisoned journalist Joseph Michaels faces government execution as he contemplates a desperate escape attempt in order to return to his wife and newborn.

MICROTIME
By Nir Yaniv
(2013, 15 Minutes)
Bernie Eckstein, a young physics PhD student is about to test the time machine he built out of the microwave oven in his kitchen. He sets a camera to document the experiment but the machine begins to jump into the future and he must stop it before things go too far.

THE HOUSE
By Marcia Goetsch
(2013, 15 Minutes)
A woman and an artificially intelligent house are shackled by their symbiotic relationship in world of the future.

The science fiction special program will lead an entire night of films as part of Anthology Film Archive’s NewFilmmakers series on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 beginning at 6pm. For more information including further scheduling and film listings please visit http://anthologyfilmarchives.org and always be sure to stay informed of all ongoing announcements from The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival on the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ThePhilipKDickFilmFestival and Twitter page at https://twitter.com/PhilipKDickFest.

For more information please contact:
Daniel Abella, Curator/Festival Director
Program Office: 917-362-9337
Email: info@thephilipkdickfilmfestival.com

Social Media
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilipKDickFest
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/The-Philip-K-Dick-science-fiction-Film-Festival/
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/philipkdickfilmfestival

Space Arts, Space books, Space Music

“Rocket Boys: the Musical” – on stage in West Virginia

I’ve posted here several times over the years about Rocket Boys the Musical, which is based on Homer Hickam‘s famous Rocket Boys book (later the movie October Skys) about his building and flying rockets as a youth in a small coal mining town in the post-Sputnik period. The musical still hasn’t made it to Broadway but it seems to be a regular production in West Virginia: ‘Rocket Boys’ set to begin run Thursday –  The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia

It will play August 15-25 at the Theater West Virginia – Cliffside Amphitheatre.  More at Rocket Boys: The Musical – Cliffside Amphitheatre

Find portions of the music here.

 

 

Space Arts, Space Systems

Satellite going to space with pop-art whimsy

The Scottish based company Clyde Space will be launching their first Cubesat in the near future. To highlight this milestone, they asked LA based artists Jon Gibson and Amanda White to create some artwork decoration. They took up the challenge and decided to engraved the side of the spacecraft so that it looks like “an oversized electrical charging device” : World’s first pop-art satellite headed to space – AP/Yahoo!.

“If someone is going to invade our planet, presumably they’re going to come in some sort of electronic, electricity-powered ship,” Gibson notes whimsically. “Maybe this will make them stop for a moment and say, ‘These guys are nice. We’re not going to destroy their planet.'”

This short video shows off the satellite side panel created by Gibson/White:

This is definitely not the first artwork to go into space, however. See the HobbySpace Art in Space section for several examples of art sent to space and created in space.

Contests and Games, Space Arts, Space Science

Poetry and student art heading for Mars

Expected to launch to Mars in November, the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) spacecraft

will explore the planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. Scientists will use MAVEN data to determine the role that loss of volatile compounds, such as CO2, N2, and H2O, from the Mars atmosphere to space has played over time, giving insight into the history of Mars atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability.

The spacecraft will also carry a DVD with over 1100 haiku poems selected in the outreach contest Going to Mars. Here the five Contest winners, which received more than 1000 votes in the public voting:

It’s funny, they named
Mars after the God of War
Have a look at Earth
Benedict Smith
United Kingdom

Thirty-six million
miles of whispering welcome.
Mars, you called us home.
Vanna Bonta
USA

Stars in the blue sky
cheerfully observe the Earth
while we long for them
Luisa Santoro
Italy

distant red planet
the dreams of earth beings flow
we will someday roam
Greg Pruett
Idaho, USA

Mars, your secret is unknown for humanity we want to know you.

Fanni Redenczki
Hungary

Alan Boyle reports on the contest at MAVEN mission team / picks haiku for Red Planet / We’re green with envy – NBC News.com.

Find more space poetry resources here, including an epic poem about Mars settlement.

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Also on the DVD will be digital images of student art selected in the Going to Mars student art contest:

Young people from all over the world submitted 377 unique entries into the Going to Mars student art contest! The contest ran from May 15 to April 8 and was followed by online public voting to determine the First and Second Place winners. The total number of votes on all entries was nearly 82,000!

As a special recognition of the inspiring artwork we received, we are pleased to announce that all 377 entries will be included as digital files on the DVD that will fly to Mars onboard the MAVEN spacecraft!